Device for shaping folds of linen collars



(No Model.)

A. G. VAIL. DEVICE FOR SHAPING FOLDS or LINEN GOLLARS.

No. 521,061. Patented June 5, 1894.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANTHONY O. VAIL, OF 'PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY.

DEVICE FORSHAPING FOLDS OF LINEN COLLARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 521,061, dated June 5,1 894.

Application filed April 16, 1894. Serial No. 507,623- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANTHONY C. VAIL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Plainfield, in the county of Union and State of New Jersey,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Devices forShaping theFolds of Linen Collars, of which the following is a specification.

In laundering collars they are ironed out flat and are afterward folded,the turn down collars being preferably creased before being folded.Heretofore these turn down 001- lars have generally been ironed on theinside after being folded to compact the fold and to impart thenecessary circular form to the collar, and because of the stiffening inthe collar the fabric surface at the fold is very liable to crack underthe iron. The same remarks apply to collars having turn over ends.

The object of my invention is to reduce to a minimum the liability ofcracking the fabric and at the same time to shape the'fold evenly andsmoothly so that the appearance is not injured.

In carrying out my invention I employ an inverted hollow cone or funnelof metal, a base for supporting the same and from which said cone rises,and an internal gas burner for heating the hollow cone as desired. Thecollar after being folded ispressed upon the inner fold ed edge aroundand against the surface of the heated cone to smooth and compress thefold, but not to such an extent as to injure the fabric. It ispreferable to moisten the collar where the fold is to be made, theheated cone thereafter acting to dry the linen. The portion of thesurface of the heated cone that is employed depends upon the size andcurvature of the collar or portion of the collar operated upon.

In the drawings, Figure l is a vertical section of my improvementwithdotted lines showing the location of a collar. Fig. 2 shows a turn overcollar, and Fig. 3 shows a collar with turned, over points.

(1 represents the inverted hollow open ended metal cone, and b the metalbase to which the lower end of the hollow metal cone is secured, and thebase I) is provided with foot pieces 0 by which it is secured .to thetop of a table or work bench d. A gas pipe f passes through the table orwork bench at and into the lower end of the hollow metal cone a, andsaid pipe is preferably perforated to provide for a Bunsen flame withinthe cone, and I prefer to employ a perforated diaphragm a across withinthe hollow cone to confine the heated gases and increase the efficiencyof the device, and the exterior surface of the inverted hollow metalcone a is to be true, smooth and polished and any desired degree of heatcan be obtained by increasing or decreasing the size of the gas flame.The turn down collars such as shown in Fig. 2 are ironed out flat, thencreased and moistened along the line of the fold, then folded, and afterbeing folded are grasped at the buttonhole ends, by the hands and placedover and drawn around the heated cone a at a point thatcircumferentially agrees approximately with the size of the collar. Thecollar is drawn around "the said heated cone tightly and held there fora few moments or long enough to dry the linen at the fold and press theparts smooth and even, and the detrimental compression and sharpnessusually given to the fold byironing is avoided by using my improvement.

The collar with turn down ends such as shown in Fig. 3, is ironed outfiat and the line of fold is moistened and then turned over and theshort length of fold is then brought around the smaller part of the coneand pressure applied to smooth and compact the fold.

In Fig. 1, I have shown by dotted lines a turn over collar such as isshown in Fig. 2 in position as held around the heated cone.

In using my device it is practically impossible to injure the fabric ofthe collar and the work of laundering collars is accomplished moreexpeditiously and with greater satisfaction to the customer than wherethe folds are ironed.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination'with a base, of an in vertedhollow open ended cone of metal con neeted to and rising from said base,and a gas therefrom, and a gas burner entering the open burner risingwithin said cone, substantially lower end, substantially as setforth. :0as set forth. Signed by me this 13th day of April, A. D.

2. The combination with a base, of an ,in- 1894. 5 verted hollow openended cone of metal hav- A. (J. VAIL.

ing a perforated diaphragm extending across Witnesses: Within the same,the said cone being connect- GEO. T. PINCKNEY,

ed to said base at its lower end and rising HAROLD SERRELL.

